American University, my alma mater, sits at the top of Niche’s list of the “
Most Liberal Colleges in America
.” As a conservative who just graduated this May, I can tell you: That checks out, and it caused some problems during my time in school. Chief among those was a homogenization of discourse that bred widespread intolerance of disagreement.
Despite this, unlike some of my heterodox peers, I was never afraid to speak my mind, respectfully and with purpose. For this reason, I became a villain to many, occasionally making some folks shriek and being negatively affected by the close-mindedness of at least one professor and an administrator.
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Still, I also interacted with tons of curiosity-driven students and encouraging staff. I even met dozens of liberal students who disliked the lack of cross-ideological exchanges on campus and the…
